Elk Creek (FR 9591) in MT

Road corridorFlathead NF, Swan Lake Ranger District

16 mi from Ronan

14 mi off US 93 (straight line)

Maps 3,985 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 4.5–5.5 and 7.7–9.1 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 12/1–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Rough

0.5 of this road’s 9.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.6 miles of dirt.
Near South Elk Ridge Trailhead.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
A gate 9.1 miles along the road.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Hemlock Point stands 3,792 ft above the map pin, 4.3 miles southwest.

Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year. … Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 32 cumulative days within a calendar year.
Camping rules

October normals 30–55°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Elk Creek (FR 9591) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access